Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1997)

583 consumer complaints on file.

#898562October 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, PREVENTING CONSUMER FROM READING SPEED/FUEL LEVELS AND WHAT GEAR VEHICLE IS IN. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT "BODY CONTROL MODULE" COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THIS PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CIRCUIT BOARD.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753488October 21, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A WEEK; HAS STAYED ON PERMANENTLY EVER SINCE OCT 8, 2001. CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS. HORN IS STILL WORKING AS OF 10/21/01.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897737October 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, POWER TRAIN, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDIACTOR LIGHT WAS ON INTERMITTENTLY SOON AFTER, RADIO CAME ON AND BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, SPEEDODOMETER GAVE WRONG READING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED BATTERY. HAS BEEN REPLACE 6 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897423October 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH TRANSMISSION LOST POWER AND CONSUMER MANAGED TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. THEN, TOWED VEHICLE TO A SHOP, WHERE THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFOMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752407September 20, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE INOPERABLE CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751453August 31, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE A LOUD SQUEEKING SOUND ON START-UP & SQUEEK CONTINUED AFTER BUT NOT AS LOUD. BRAKES NOTED TO HAVE A LONGER BRAKING TIME WHEN TRAVELLING AT 50 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894902August 22, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INVOLUNTARILY WHEN VHEICLE MAKES TURNS OR HITS BUMPS. DEFECTIVE WINDSHSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACE IN 2000. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE DISTRACTING WHEN THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900652August 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME, A FIRE WAS DETECTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894715August 20, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF UNTIL IT REMAINED CONTINOUSLY ON. PROBLEM EFFECTED HORN USAGE AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894115August 13, 2001
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON AND OFF. CRUISE CONTROL OFF SWITCH DOESN'T DISENGAGE VEHICLE, ONLY IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF. STEERING WHEEL MAKES A SQUEAKY NOISE, BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT CONSUMER'S STEERING ABILITY. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO BE INSPECTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750202August 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHELLED OUT. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH NORMAL USE AND CARE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750203August 10, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHTON. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750204August 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750205August 10, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS
HORN DOESN'T WORK. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749997August 7, 2001
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893449August 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON/OFF WHILE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749794August 3, 2001
CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING
WITH THE CAR PARKED AND ENGINE TURNED OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE MY CHILD FROM THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT OF MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE STRAPS ARE SUPPOSED TO PULL FORWARD FREELY, WHICH THEN LOOSENS THEM ENABLING THE STRAPS TO SLIP OVER THE CHILDS HEAD. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, I WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE STRAPS FORWARD AT ALL. I THEN MANAGED TO UNCLIP THE CLIPS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM SIDES OF THE SEAT AND THEN JUST BARELY SLIP THE STRAP AND YOKE OVER HER HEAD TO FREE HER FROM THE SEAT. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION ABOUT THIS MATTER. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH PARTIES THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS OVER THE 3 YR./36,000 MILE WARRANTY THAT NEITHER WOULD HELP TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST SOMEWHERE AROUND $700.00 MAKING IT A VERY COSTLY REPAIR!!! I HATE TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF I WERE REALLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND HAD TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THE SEAT QUICKLY, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE BELT SEIZED OR FROZE UP LIKE IT DID UNABLING ME TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THE VEHICLE!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893270August 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO 30-40 MPH IN A SHORT DISTANCE WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. PRIOR TO INCIDENT CONSUMER SMELLED WIRES BURNING. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749458July 30, 2001
AIR BAGS
SERVICE DETERMINED THAT CLOCKSPRING NEEDED REPLACEMENT CAUSING AIR BAG LIGHT TO STAY ON. I SAW SHOW ON FOX 5 THAT SAID THIS MAY BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT SUBJECT TO RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749142July 25, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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